UK vehicle statistics / Mercedes

How many Mercedes CLA Class cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 108,827 licensed and 2,457 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Mercedes CLA Class generic-model group.

Looking at a CLA Class?

Population figures cannot tell you whether one particular car is taxed, MOT-valid or safe to buy.

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Is the CLA Class disappearing?

108,827 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the CLA Class is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. That is up 96% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 2,457 are declared SORN — 1 in 45 of the 111,284 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

A falling population is worth knowing before you buy: it usually means fewer donor cars, fewer specialists and slower parts supply, and it is why a good example of a scarce model can hold its price while a neglected one is hard to sell at any price.

Quarterly licensed and SORN counts

Every quarter DfT has published for this model group, newest first.

QuarterLicensedSORN
2026 Q1108,8272,457
2025 Q4107,2702,385
2025 Q3105,6892,269
2025 Q2104,1952,195
2025 Q1101,2812,075
2024 Q498,5481,929
2024 Q396,1341,832
2024 Q292,4881,716
2024 Q188,9331,677
2023 Q485,4131,588
2023 Q382,3621,495
2023 Q278,9631,469
2023 Q176,0931,415
2022 Q472,5361,377
2022 Q370,3861,296
2022 Q267,4591,272
2022 Q165,6981,245
2021 Q462,1221,191
2021 Q360,0571,093
2021 Q258,6651,054
2021 Q155,6391,056
2020 Q453,2491,006
2020 Q351,668927
2020 Q249,392879
2020 Q148,170702
2019 Q447,067594
2019 Q345,926488
2019 Q242,912403
2019 Q140,992373
2018 Q438,313370
2018 Q337,066314
2018 Q234,537270
2018 Q132,807218
2017 Q430,217168
2017 Q328,410144
2017 Q226,395159
2017 Q124,550131
2016 Q422,70490
2016 Q321,37678
2016 Q219,09271
2016 Q117,41669
2015 Q415,15960
2015 Q313,79650
2015 Q211,14143
2015 Q19,54840
2014 Q47,78231
2014 Q36,77524

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Common questions

How many Mercedes CLA Class cars are left in the UK?

108,827 were licensed and 2,457 were SORN at the end of 2026 Q1, according to DfT and DVLA statistics for this generic-model group.

How many Mercedes CLA Class cars are SORN?

2,457 are declared SORN — 1 in 45 of the 111,284 still on the DVLA record at the end of 2026 Q1.

Is the CLA Class disappearing?

108,827 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the CLA Class is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. That is up 96% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 2,457 are declared SORN — 1 in 45 of the 111,284 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

Does this say whether one CLA Class is a good buy?

No. These are population figures for the model group. Enter that vehicle's registration for its own free MOT, tax and mileage record.

Source and limitations

Source: Department for Transport and DVLA, df_VEH0120_UK. Released 2026-07-15 under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

DVLA make and model fields are administrative data and can contain omissions or inconsistencies. These statistics describe model groups, not an individual registration.

Confidential cells marked [c] represent between 1 and 4 vehicles and are treated as zero in aggregates, so totals can be slightly understated.